1 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
Ole wao wawekao amri zisizo za haki, na waandishi waandikao maneno ya ushupavu;
2 to turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
ili kumpotosha mhitaji asipate haki yake, na kuwanyang'anya maskini wa watu wangu haki yao; ili wajane wawe mateka yao, na kuwafanya yatima waliofiwa na baba zao kuwa mawindo yao!
3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
Nanyi mtafanya nini siku ya kujiliwa, na wakati wa uangamivu, utakaokuja kutoka mbali sana? Je! Mtamkimbilia nani mpate msaada? Na utukufu wenu mtauacha wapi?
4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Watainama chini ya wafungwa tu, wataanguka chini yao waliouawa. Pamoja na hayo yote hasira yake haikugeukia mbali, lakini mkono wake umenyoshwa hata sasa.
Assyria
5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
Ole wake Ashuru! Fimbo ya hasira yangu, ambaye gongo lililo mkononi mwake ni ghadhabu yangu!
6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Nitamtuma juu ya taifa lenye kukufuru, nitampa maagizo juu ya watu wa ghadhabu yangu, ateke nyara, na kuchukua mateka, na kuwakanyaga kama matope ya njiani.
7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
Lakini hivyo sivyo akusudiavyo mwenyewe, wala sivyo moyo wake uwazavyo; maana katika moyo wake akusudia kuharibu, na kukatilia mbali mataifa, wala si mataifa machache.
8 For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
Maana asema, Je! Wakuu wangu si wote wafalme?
9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
Je! Kalno si kama Karkemishi? Hamathi si kama Arpadi? Samaria si kama Dameski?
10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
Kama vile mkono wangu ulivyofikilia falme za sanamu, ambazo sanamu zao za kuchongwa zilikuwa bora kuliko sanamu za Yerusalemu na za Samaria;
11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
je! Sitautenda Yerusalemu na sanamu zake vile vile kama nilivyoutenda Samaria na sanamu zake?
12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
Basi, itakuwa, Bwana atakapokuwa ameitimiza kazi yake yote juu ya mlima Sayuni na juu ya Yerusalemu, nitayaadhibu matunda ya kiburi cha moyo wake mfalme wa Ashuru, na majivuno ya macho yake.
13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it , and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
Kwa maana amesema, Kwa nguvu za mkono wangu nimetenda jambo hili, na kwa hekima yangu; maana mimi nina busara; nami nimeiondoa mipaka ya watu, nikaziteka akiba zao, nikawaangusha waketio juu ya viti vya enzi kama afanyavyo shujaa.
14 and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
Na mkono wangu umezitoa mali za mataifa kama katika kioto cha ndege; na kama vile watu wakusanyavyo mayai yaliyoachwa, ndivyo nilivyokusanya dunia yote; wala hapana aliyetikisa bawa, wala kufumbua kinywa, wala kulia.
15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
Je! Shoka lijisifu juu yake alitumiaye? Je! Msumeno ujitukuze juu yake auvutaye? Ingekuwa kana kwamba bakora ingewatikisa waiinuao, au fimbo ingemwinua yeye ambaye si mti.
16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
Kwa hiyo Bwana, Bwana wa majeshi, atawapelekea kukonda watu wake walionona; na badala ya utukufu wake kutawashwa kuteketea kama kuteketea kwa moto.
17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
Na mwanga wa Israeli utakuwa ni moto, na Mtakatifu wake atakuwa mwali wa moto; nao utateketeza na kula mbigili zake na miiba yake katika siku moja.
18 and shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.
Naye atauteketeza utukufu wa msitu wake, na wa shamba lake linalositawi, tangu nafsi hata nyama ya mwili, itakuwa kama vile afapo mtu aliye mgonjwa.
19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
Na miti ya msitu wake itakayosalia itakuwa michache, hata mtoto ataweza kuihesabu.
20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
Tena itakuwa katika siku hiyo mabaki ya Israeli, na hao waliopona wa nyumba ya Yakobo, hawatamtegemea tena yeye aliyewapiga, bali watamtegemea Bwana, Mtakatifu wa Israeli, kwa kweli.
21 The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.
Mabaki, nao ni mabaki ya Yakobo, watamrudia Mungu, aliye mwenye nguvu.
22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
Maana watu wako, Ee Israeli, wajapokuwa wengi kama mchanga wa pwani, ni mabaki tu watakaorudi; kuangamiza kumekusudiwa, kunakofurika kwa haki.
23 For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
Kwa maana Bwana, Bwana wa majeshi, atayatimiza maangamizo yaliyokusudiwa katika nchi yote.
24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.
Kwa hiyo Bwana, Bwana wa majeshi, asema hivi, Enyi watu wangu mkaao katika Sayuni, msiogope Ashuru, ingawa akupiga kwa fimbo, na kuliinua gongo lake juu yako, kwa namna ya Kimisri.
25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.
Maana bado kitambo kidogo tu ghadhabu itakoma, na hasira yangu itageukia kuwaangamiza.
26 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
Na Bwana wa majeshi ataamsha mjeledi juu yake, kama vile alivyopiga Midiani karibu na jabali la Orebu; na fimbo yake itakuwa juu ya bahari, naye ataiinua kwa namna ya Kimisri.
27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
Tena itakuwa katika siku hiyo mzigo wake utaondoka begani mwako, na nira yake shingoni mwako, nayo nira itaharibiwa, kwa sababu ya kutiwa mafuta.
28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:
Amefika Ayathi; amepita kati ya Migroni; ameweka mizigo yake huko Mikmashi;
29 they are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
wamevuka kivuko; wamekwenda kulala katika Geba; Rama unatetemeka; Gibea wa Sauli umekimbia.
30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.
Piga kelele sana, Ee binti Galimu; sikiliza, Ee Laisha; ole wako, maskini Anathothi!
31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.
Madmena ni mkimbizi; wenyeji wa Gebimu wamejikusanya wakimbie;
32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
siku hii ya leo atasimama huko Nobu; anatikisa mkono wake juu ya mlima wa binti Sayuni, mlima wa Yerusalemu.
33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
Angalia, Bwana, Bwana wa majeshi, atayakata matawi kwa nguvu za kutisha; nao walio warefu wa kimo watakatwa; na hao walioinuka wataangushwa chini;
34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
naye atavikata vichaka vya msitu kwa chuma; na Lebanoni utaanguka kwa mkono wake aliye mwenye uweza.
